The DMK government in Tamil Nadu has sparked controversy by replacing the Indian Rupee symbol with a Tamil letter in the logo for its 2025-26 budget. The move has drawn criticism from the state BJP, which accused the ruling party of being "stupid." The development comes amidst the ongoing language row between the Centre and Tamil Nadu, with the latter alleging Hindi imposition by the Union government.
IIT Guwahati Professor D Udaya Kumar, who designed the Indian rupee symbol, has refused to comment on the controversy surrounding the Tamil Nadu government's new rupee logo for the state budget. Kumar's father was a DMK MLA, but the professor insists it's a coincidence and he has no opinion on the state government's decision to use a Tamil letter for the rupee symbol in its budget logo.
Lenovo India on Friday introduced one of India's first desktop personal computer with the rupee symbol on its keyboard, compatible with Microsoft software.
Indian currency notes will soon bear the rupee symbol. It will also have extra security features.
Like the American dollar and British pound sterling, the new symbol of Indian rupee will also be available in the computers by merely downloading a software provided free by the government.
It will be just a matter of a few months for India's new rupee symbol to be a part of the software code to be easily accessible to users across the world.
These bank notes will bear the symbol on the observe and the reverse with inset letter E.
The banknotes would be bearing the signature of RBI governor Raghuram G Rajan and the year of printing '2013' printed on the reverse of the banknote, it said.
A new series of coins will be unveiled soon carrying the Rupee symbol, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced in the Budget.
These banknotes will bear the signature of RBI Governor D Subbarao and the year of printing 2012 will be on the reverse of the banknote.
The long wait for a symbol of the rupee is expected to end by March next year. A committee headed by Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Usha Thorat has shortlisted five symbols from 4,000 entries for a public competition to select a design for the symbol.
As one of the world's oldest currencies, the Indian rupee's new symbol deserved a more dignified debut.
The creative brains behind the design of the Rupee symbol speak about their experience and the logic they applied to their design.
"It is a great honour to be a part of India's history," said an excited Udaya while speaking with rediff.com.
The rupee will soon join the elite currencies like the US dollar, the euro, British pound and Japanese yen in having a distinct identity.
Design of these notes to be issued now is similar in all respects to the Rs 1000 Banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 issued earlier, RBI said.
The logo, which Big B posted via Twitpic, features the recently released symbol for the Indian rupee in the background, an addition Amitabh has claimed as his own.
The new notes will be available from 2012.
The bright yellow coloured notes will hit the market just a day after the announcement by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley that the government has given a go-ahead to the RBI to issue the new currency bill.
The face of the new Rs 20 coin shall bear the 'Lion Capitol of Ashoka Pillar' with 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below.
The World Environment Day 2015 logo has an Indian touch.
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